Planter.



I. PRIESNHZ.

PLANTER.

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J. PRIESNHZ PLANTER.

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1,282,126. Patented Oct. 1913.

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To al'l whom e't may concern:

'Be known that "I. ostrn Pnnz'ssrrz, a citizen of the States, resident of Olmitz, colint of Barton, and State of Kan sa's, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovementsfin Planters, of which the fol lowing. is a. specification.

This-invention relates to improvements agriculttrrsi mschines, particularly of the typeknown as seeders, and has es its prinsipal object the provision of powendrirenms chines which will. apportion and dehver "a predetermined number or quantity of seed at regnler intfials. 7

is to combine with such apparatnsmeans for openinf the rows preparhtory to planting the see therein, and to further provide means for covering the seed thus delivered. 7 V

These and other 'like objects are attained by the novel construction and summation of parts hereafter described and in the accompanying drawings, forming a materisrl part of this specification, and in Figure ii is a plan View of 'a planter'inade in accordance with the invention;

Fig. Q' isa vertical sectional view taken on line of Fig. 1. 7

Fig. '3 is a rear end view of thesame. Fig.6 4 is a perspective view showing one of t 1 seed apportioning and delivering means;

Figzois g1 rerticifi sectional View taken on line at Fig. .2, and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken ond rne 6-6 0d Fig. 2. 7

Then paratusiconsists of a truck mounted upon wiieels 10 arranged upon eitl'ier side and having "a centrai axle 11- rigidly en'gs d with the wheels in such manner asto ret o ve as the apgiaratns is drawn: over the ground.

Moilnted on the axle 11 are a plura'lity'of slidin clutch eiements 1'2, the'same heing rotate hi keys fld fixed in teeth of the clutches being engageabie with simihaiffoppfiteljr dispdsed clutch elements 15 formed with the sprocket wheels 16 which are moantedfreely on the infieand revolve when the clutches 12 engage with thempthe' clutches being operated in pairs through the yokes 18 actuated by the hand levers 19, fulcrumed u on pins 20 and held in an adjusted position means of the sector 21, having openings 22 and 23 br which the position of the clutches may be determined.

means of the pin the axle; the V The frame 25 oE the machiiie is'suljstahtially rectangular in shape, andfprovided with rigid downwardly extending a ms 26 at the rear, to which are hingcdly engaged levers 28 connected through 'linksfflii" ti' the'arin 30 of a hand lever 32, pivoted v bracket 33 mounted transverseiy at the from part of the; frame '25, "the lever having a niovah'iedog '35 engaging withteeth formed in a sector 36, so that as the handle 32is operated the lerers '28 may be raised or lowered and held in an adjusted position.

Carried by the levers 28 is a shaft 38 upon which are mounted a plurality of disks 40 having pockets or recesses 41 suited to conof the tain a desired number or quantity seeds to be planted.

Mounted within the frame,

upon sup arts 42 and 43 respectively at "the rear and rent of the machine and carried by the'levers 28. is a reservoir d5 inwhich a quantity of the seeds, as corn or other grains maybe contained, the reservoir having flaring sides and a concave bottom, through which are openings 46 registering laterally with the several disks 40 and formed with the lower or bottom element of the reservoir 45 is a semi-circular guard or casing 48 partially encircling the disks 40. preventing the seed from passing'ontwardly from the pockets 41 until the disks'have rotated to such an extent as to pass the end of the casino 48, which is preferably at a point directly below the shaft 38.

Also attached to the levers 28, at the front of the rnichine, is a cross-bar 56 in which are'forin'ed spaced rectangular opening-s ecepti'te of shanks of the plows or rowop'eners which are a justed sseauy liy holes *53 receptive of pins and'hel'd in position by reassess 54 so as to extend into the surface of the soil :1 do

; sired depth.

Near the rear ends of the icrers 28 a fsimi lar cross-bar 55 provided w openings means of which the seed covering elements 57 may be secured, the same being 'sirffiiiirly provided with in holes 58 receptive o fpins bv which the epth of the covering plows '105 his be adjusted.

Motion is communicated to the several disks 40 by means of sprockets 60, secured to their sides, chains 62 extending between the drivin V sprockets 16 and disk sprockets 60, as wil best be seen in Fig. 6.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that as the machine is caused to advance over the surface and the wheels 10 rotated, rotary motion is transmitted from the axle 11 to the shaft 38, causing the disks to be rotated, provided the clutches are in engagement, and as the bottom of the reservoir 45 is open to the pockets 41 that each of the pockets will e successively filled as the disks rotate, carrying a predetermined quantity of seed therefrom past the end of the casing 48, whereupon the seed drops by ravity into the trenches prepared by the p ows 52 and immediately thereafter is covered by soil thrown up by the coverers 57.

hen it is desired to cease operations, the handles 19 are operated to throw the clutches out of engagement, whereby the disks cease rotating, thus preventing seed to pass from the reservoir.

When the machine is to be drawn along the highway, the lever 32 may be operated to raise the bars 28 upward together, with the plows, coverers, disks, and reservoir, so that the machine may be drawn along a roadway.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device as described, in combina tion, a truck frame having a pair of supporting wheels, an axle carrying said wheels, a substantially rectangular frame carried by said truck, a pair of rigid downwardlyextending arms formed upon opposite sides of said frame, a pair of levers hingedly mounted upon said depending arms at their outer ends, a bell-crank handle lever pivotally mounted upon said frame, a link pivotally connected to one leg of said bellcrank lever at one end and to the opposite end of the first lever at its opposite end, a rack secured alongside said handle lever, a latch carried by said handle lever engaging said rack, a transverse shaft mounted upon said first-named levers, a plurality of disks fixed upon the last-named shaft, and provided with a circumferential series of pockets, and a reservoir mounted upon the mentioned first-named levers and the pockets of said disks to feed seed thereto.

In a device as described, in combination, a rectangular frame, an axle carried by said frame, a pair of wheels mounted upon said axle, a platform section secured upon the forward end of said frame, clutch gears mounted in pairs upon said axle, a pair of Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by

depending arms secured upon opposite sides at the rear end of said frame, a pair of Iongitudinal levers pivoted upon said depending arms, said clutch gears being loosely mounted upon said axle, slidin clutch elements associated with said elutc gears upon said axle, a transverse shaft mounted upon said levers, a separate disk fixed upon said last-named shaft, one for each clutch gear, gears adjacent each disk, drive chains trained upon said clutch gears and said lastnamed gear said platform being formed with a series of transversely arranged openings, guides dependingly secured under said platform, two for each pair of sliding clutch elements, yokes having base-portions sliding in said brackets and arms adapted to shift each pair of sliding clutch elements, an upstanding lug on each yoke projecting in one of saidopenings, an operating lever pivotally secured to each of said lugs, and means on said platform designed to lock said yokes in set position, means for adjustably supporting the free ends of said levers, each of said disks having circumferential pockets, and a seed feeding receptacle arranged to discharge seeds into any of said pockets.

3. In a device as described, in combination, a rectangular frame, an axle thereon carrying supporting wheels, a pair of depending arms secured at the rear end of said frame, a pair of slide levers pivotally secured upon said depending arms, a platform mounted upon said frame at its forward end, directly over said axle, a lug mounted upon one end of said platform, a bell-crank lever providing an operating handle at its upper arm and a link-operating arm at its lower end, a link connecting said lower end of said bell-crank lever and the free end of one of said levers, a link pivoted upon said frame and pivotally connected to the free end of the other lever, a seed distributing member carried by said levers, a cross-bar attached to said levers at the front of the machine, a crossbar similarly secured at the rear end of said frame, each of said cross-bars being formed with a series of rectangular openings, a series of plow shanks disposed in said openings, each of said shanks being formed with vertical series of openings, and pins passing through any of the openings in said shanks as well as into said cross-bars.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

JOSEPH PRIESNITZ.

Washington, D. G. 

